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Prabhakar Raghavan

SVP

Prabhakar Raghavan is a Senior Vice President at Google, where he is responsible for Google’s Knowledge & Information products, including Google Search, News, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce and Payments. Prabhakar is one of the foremost authorities on Search and is the co-author of two widely-used graduate texts on algorithms and search. He has over 20 years of research spanning algorithms, web search and databases, has published over 100 papers, and holds 20 issued patents, including several on link analysis for web search.

Dounia Berrada

Engineering Director, Lens

Dounia Berrada is a lead for quality and information retrieval systems for Google Lens. She is passionate about Visual Search and enabling users to ask questions about anything they see. With over 14 years of experience at Google, Dounia helped build multiple Google products and technologies from AR in Search, Daydream’s VR Experience, Google Play Search and Recommendations, and YouTube channel infrastructure. She received two Masters in Computer Science, from Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Technology of Compiegne.

Nick Bell

Senior Director, Search Experience Product Management

Nick Bell leads the Google Search user-facing product team. Before joining Google in June 2020, Nick served as the Vice President of Content at Snap Inc, where he oversaw Snapchat's content products and global partnerships, conceived Snapchat Discover, and developed the company’s first advertising products. He worked previously as the Senior Vice President of Digital at News Corp. where he led the company’s global strategy world-leading brands such as The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London. He is an active angel investor and serves as a senior advisor to several high-growth companies. He is a Board Director at Teespring, a committee member for Unicef's Socceraid, and he serves on the technology advisory of The Recording Academy.

Yvonne Chou

Director, Product Management for the Google App on iOS

Yvonne is a Director of Product Management at Google and leads the Google App on iOS. Previously at Google, she worked on the Google Assistant and Ads, and was Technical Advisor to Prabhakar Raghavan, helping define strategy and product across Knowledge & Information. Yvonne has over 20 years of experience in technology, and has worked on a wide range of products with the aim to bring delightful experiences and content to people everywhere.

Lilian Rincon

Senior Product Director, Shopping

Lilian is a Senior Product Director leading Google Shopping for consumers worldwide. In her role, Lilian shapes the direction of Google Shopping, focusing on helping users have best in class shopping experiences on Google. Prior to Shopping Lilian led experiences for the Google Assistant, Skype and Microsoft Ads. Born in Venezuela and having lived in Canada, Indonesia and the U.S., Lilian has grown up with a diverse, global perspective that translates into both how her team designs and creates products for consumers around the world.

Sophia Lin

Director & General Manager, Food Vertical

Sophia is the General Manager for the Food vertical, leading the team responsible for helping people discover and eat great food across Google Search and Maps. Since joining Google in 2007, Sophia has worked on ML systems for Search and Ads quality, built digital maps from scratch in new countries, and launched new exploration experiences on the Maps mobile app. Outside of work, Sophia enjoys good food and bad jokes, preferably at the same time.

Yul Kwon

VP & General Manager, Local

Yul Kwon is the VP & General Manager of Local, where he leads the Local Food, Search and Services teams within Search. He previously worked at Meta, the Federal Communications Commission, McKinsey & Company, and two law firms. He also served as an adjunct instructor at the FBI Academy, a legislative counsel in the U.S Senate, and a judicial clerk on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2006, Yul became the first Asian American winner of the CBS reality show, Survivor. Yul received his B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Chris Phillips

VP & General Manager of Geo at Google

Chris is the VP & General Manager of Geo at Google. He is responsible for leading Google's worldwide portfolio of geospatial and mapping products, technology and business including: Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Street View and Google Maps Platform. Under Chris' leadership, the team is transforming the future of maps for its active community of 1B+ users and creating more immersive, visual experiences for consumers, developers, enterprises, automakers and cities. Before joining Google, he was Chief Product & Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at SiriusXM & Pandora where he was responsible for leading the product, engineering and technology delivery. Chris has also held leadership roles at Amazon, Intuit, Workspeed, and Accenture.

Hema Budaraju

Senior Director, Social Responsibility

Hema Budaraju is a Senior Director at Google, leading Social Responsibility verticals on Google Search. In her role, Hema is focused on helping people connect with authoritative and timely information and make more informed choices across healthcare, civic services, sustainability, climate, economic opportunity and more. Hema is a visionary and empathetic leader, with a deep commitment to creating positive societal impact at scale. With an expansive career spanning 20+, Hema has built products and teams in leading technology companies such as Oracle, Nokia, Amazon, eBay, Paypal and Facebook.

Rubén Lozano-Aguilera

Senior Product Manager, Google Maps

Rubén is a Senior Product Manager at Google Maps. He’s focusing on redefining the best driving route for everyone, where faster is not always better. As the Driving Directions Lead, the goal of his team is to help people get to places on time while providing safer and more sustainable choices. Rubén has over 15 years of experience in leading product and strategy teams at Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, and Kearney, and has collaborated with tech startups, educational nonprofits, and LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations all across the globe. He hails from Monterrey, Mexico and holds a BS in EE from Tec de Monterrey and an MBA from MIT Sloan.